December 3, 2025 / Lauren Aguirre and Dr. Elizabeth Thiele
Journalist Lauren Aguirre and Dr. Elizabeth Thiele, the authors of the recently published “Epilepsy for Dummies,” discuss their collaboration and explain why their perspectives as epilepsy patient/parent and provider were essential in creating a reliable resource for those living with epilepsy and those who love them.
November 5, 2025 / Dr. Kendra Cagniart
Dr. Kendra Cagniart shares her son’s journey with epilepsy, from a traumatic birth in which he arrived in status epilepticus through his current period of seizure freedom at the age of 9. This is an amazing and ultimately hopeful journey of a young boy living with epilepsy.
October 1, 2025 / Maria Teresa Ioannou
In honor of SUDEP Action Day on Wednesday, October 15th, we speak with Maria Teresa Ioannou of the Joanna Sophia Foundation who tragically lost her nine-year-old daughter Joanna Sophia to SUDEP in 2018.
September 3, 2025 / Dr. Olivia Hoffman
Dr. Olivia Hoffman, post-doctoral researcher in Dr. Avtar Roopra’s lab at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, discusses one of the most exciting discoveries in epilepsy research in recent years, a repurposed drug that has shown remarkable promise in eliminating seizures and restoring cognition in mice.
August 6, 2025 / Scarlette Whyte
This week on Seizing Life®, journalist, television executive, and mother Scarlette Whyte joins us to share her family’s experience with Panayiotopoulos Syndrome, a type of early childhood epilepsy with which two of her three children have been diagnosed.
July 2, 2025 / Shalee Cunneen
Longtime CURE Epilepsy Champion and current board member Shalee Cunneen comes back to the podcast to share her family’s journey with epilepsy and fundraising efforts for a new CURE Epilepsy research initiative.
June 4, 2025 / Dr. Daniel Lowenstein
Dr. Dan Lowenstein discusses the current efforts to push Congress to adopt a National Plan for Epilepsy, explaining who is behind it, what it is, and what it could mean to the epilepsy community.
May 5, 2025 / Mike Simmel
Mike Simmel shares his epilepsy journey, explains how his passion for basketball helped him navigate the impacts of epilepsy, and recounts how a personal experience with epilepsy stigma inspired him to help kids with epilepsy and other challenges.
April 2, 2025 / Dr. Connie Tomaino
Dr. Connie Tomaino, music therapist and co-founder of the Institute for Music and Neurologic Function, discusses how music therapy is used to treat neurologic conditions and explains what we know about the power of music to heal the brain.
